Do you speak to loudly?

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What decibel is considered loud? Loud compared to what? It would have to depend on who your company is I guess. One thing I hate is when the room gets louder and louder talking over each other.

I speak too loud, or too soft. When I was younger I spoke too soft. Now I speak loud, and when I'm excited or interested on something, people sometimes think I'm furious (which I'm not, most of the time)
Generally, I go to the extremes but don't know how to speak "normal".

Only when I am angry about something, otherwise I am very quiet and often am criticized for not speaking loud enough.

yes, yes I do.

My husband regularly tells me off for talking too loudly and my daughter has said that even my whispers are loud! I'm not sure whether I talk too loudly all the time though - it seems to be more of an issue if I am talking about something I am passionate about or with failing to regulate my volume according to the circumstances (e.g. when other people are sleeping). I do try to quieten down when he tells me to, but I don't seem to be very successful at it as he usually tells me off again a couple of minutes later. It does occasionally get commented on by other people, but not very often. They might just be being polite though.

As a kid, I used to have terrible problems modulating the volume of my voice. However, I do think many children do, so I am not sure if I had it worse than others. I just remember being reprimanded for it quite a bit.

I do believe I grew out of it. However, in a loud or crowded space I still have some difficulties gauging the volume of my voice and I tend to err on the side of being quieter.

My voice is barely audible.

Most of the time I speak too softly and am told to speak up or asked to repeat what I said. However, when it is one of the things I am passionate about I get loud.

I got told I was talking too loudly as a kid all the time. Now I only get told that sometimes, or when trying to whisper.